Aidant

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪdÉ™nt/

Origin

Old French, from the verb aidier ("to aid, to help").

Full definition of aidant

Adjective

1. (obsolete) helpful, assisting
• 1605, All you unpublished virtues of the earth,
  Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate
  In the good man's distress! — William Shakespeare, King Lear IV.iii----